Household sifter



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I HOUSEHOLD SIFTER. No. 351 29s.

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ATENT HENRY O. REESE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HOUSEHOLD SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,203, dated October 19, 1886,

Application filed 1y (3, 1886. Serial No. 201,310.

To (LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. Rnnsn, of Baltimore city, Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Household Sifters, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved siftcr with the lower portion of one side thereof broken away to show the interior construct-ion. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the whole sifter, the manner of attaching the lower ends of the wire being slightly different. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the wire-netting removed from the sifter, and having the grate or skeleton rubber superposed thereon. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view showing the manner of securing the sieve in the body of the sifter. v

My invention relates to household Sifters; and it consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combinations of parts, hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims, whereby is furnished to the trade and housekeepers an article of this class simple in construction, efficient in use, durable, cheap, and not liable to get out of order.

Referring to the drawings by letters of reference, A represents the body of my sitter, which consists of a cylinder of sheet metal, either plain, as in Fig. 1, or provided with indicating ribs or grooves, (one or more,) as at a in Fig. 2, whereby the contents may be measured. \Vhether plain or ribbed for measuring purposes, as before stated, the body A will always be furnished with an interiorlyprojecting rib or bead, a, as shown. The top of the body has a turned and wired edge, a, the ends I) and Z) of the wire being bent outward horizontally, thence downward, passing through awooden handle or hand-hold, B, and thence inward to the body again, to which they are soldered, as shown at b, Fig. 1, or riveted, as shown at 21, Fig. 2, or otherwise secured.

The sieve is composed of wire-cloth, as shown at 0, Figs. 1 and 3, or perforated metal, as shown at G in Fig. 4:, and is provided with a conical or tapered sheet-metal ring, a, by means of which it is supported and connected with the body A. The tapering ring is provided with an interior horizontal flange, as

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at 0, upon which the bottom, composed of wire-cloth or a disk of perforated sheet metal, is laid. In both of these constructions the lower edge of the tapering ring and the lower edge of the body of the sieve are secured together by a double folded and soldered joint, as at 0.

My grate or rubber consists of a wheel-like casting composed of a ring, D, connected by spokes E to a small central hub, F. The ring D is provided with lugs or ribs G G, the latter of which is extended at some distance on each side, as shown at g, for the purpose hereinafter described. A handle, H, is provided, the stem II of which passes through a slot, h, of the body A into the ring D at about the center of the lug G. The bottom of the ring D, spokes E, and hub F, when in position, form a flat horizontal surface, resting closely upon the sieve, and serve, when the grate is oscillated, as a scraper or rubber, to cause the particles of the contents of the sieve to pass more readily through the meshes or perforations.

In putting the parts together the sieve and the tapering ring 0 are passed into the bottom of the body A, with the grate resting on top of the sieve, and pressed upward until the tops of the lugs G G come in contact with the interior rib or head, a, when the bottom of the ring 0 and of the body A are secured together. The spindle IIof the handle His nowinserted through the slot 7t and through thelug G, and secured on the inside ofsaid lug by soldering, or in any other suitable manner. The grate is now flat upon the sieve, and is held down thereon by contact between the tops of the lugs G G and the bottom of the rib or bead a, which arrangement permits of its easy oscillation by means of the handle H, and at the same time the extensions E E of the lug G serve to keep the slot h always closed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In combination, the body A, having the wired edge,with ends I) I) of the wire bent outward, then downward through the hand-hold, thence inward, and secured to the bodyA and handheld B, as set forth.

2. In combination, the body A, having rib a, sloth, and the sieve, the tapering ring a,

secured to the body A, the grateD EF, having I resting upon and secured to said flange, and 10 lugs G G, the ]atter of which is provided with the grate D E F, resting on said perforated lateralextensions g, and the handle H, proplateand provided with the handle H for revided with spindle H, passing through the ciprooating it thereon, as set forth. 5 slot h and secured in the lug G, as set forth. Witness my hand.

3. In combination, the body A, the tapering HENRY O. REESE; ring 0, secured thereto at its bottom, and hav- Witnesses:

ing at its top an inwardly-projecting annular R. BERRY'BULL, flange, c, the disk 0, of perforated metal, 1 7M. 1?. MILLER. 

